Written answers

Thursday, 19 February 2026

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Mobile Phones: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the resilience of mobile networks in Surrey Heath constituency.

    • Cybersecurity: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of whether current apprenticeship uptake will meet the estimated shortfall in...

      Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to A UK Cyber Growth Action Plan – Final Report (Command Paper CP 1406, September 2025), what progress...

      Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the level of digital exclusion in Leicester; and what steps she is taking to...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the adequacy of the Government’s sanctions decisions...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Child Maintenance Service is able to identify hidden earnings.

  • Home Office

    • Human Trafficking and Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted for offences related to human trafficking or sexual exploitation following National...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the latest estimated date is for achieving Full Operating Capability on Ajax.

    • Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the spending included by the government in its calculation of spending 2.6% of GDP on NATO qualifying defence spending by 2027 includes...

      Afghanistan: Resettlement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what month the first relocations to the UK took place (a) among the 217 principal applicants found newly eligible as a result of the data incident...

      Dstl

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Government press release entitled Huge biosecurity centre investment to boost pandemic protection, published on 17 July 25, if the...

      Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many long range one-way attack drones his Department has ordered for (a) Ukraine and (b) the British armed forces since 5 July 2024.

      Strategic Defence Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the lead reviewers of the Strategic Defence Review were asked to provide costings for their recommendations.

      Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106994 on Veterans: Radiation Exposure, whether research on the effects of radiation on British...

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February to Question 108700 on Strategic Defence Review, if he will publish a breakdown of the £270 billion to be spent...

      Public Office (Accountability) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of exceptions for (a) Military Intelligence Services and (b) Special Forces operators under the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Motor Vehicles: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is considering mandating the TechSafe framework as a national safety, competence and assurance framework to support...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Labour Together: Cybercrime

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations the National Cyber Security Centre received from Labour Together in relation to foreign cyber-attacks on its organisation.

    • Emergencies: Power Outages

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had with German counterparts concerning lessons from the January Berlin power outage for the UK's civil preparedness.

      Taxis: Members and Ministers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the risks of a) hon. Members and b) Ministers travelling in London Electric Vehicle Company taxis owned by the...

  • Church Commissioners

    • Church Commissioners: Credit Unions

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church will offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.

  • Treasury

    • Canada: Defence

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to participate in international negotiations on the establishment of a Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, following the Canadian...

    • Technology: Stocks and Shares

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent volatility in the share price of software and data companies and the implications of this volatility in terms of (1)...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Social Media: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government how evidence from national and public bodies, including the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, teaching unions and the security services, will be balanced...

    • Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the AI-Driven Innovation Centre, announced at the World Economic Forum in January, aligns with the UK’s...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to apportion responsibility for the management of another global pandemic between the central and devolved governments.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 30 January (HL13334), of the 344 civil servants employed in the Department for Work and Pensions, what...

    • Social Security Benefits: Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Sherlock on 3 February (HL Deb col 1428), what are the terms of reference for the consultation on the relationship...

      Pension Protection Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether a company that has entered the Pension Protection Fund can be extracted from the Pension Protection Fund, on payment of sufficient funds to cover the...

      United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Workplace Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much money was transferred to the Atomic Energy Authority Technology pension scheme in 1996, when staff were transferred from their Atomic Energy Authority...

      Sickness Benefits: Mental Health

      To ask His Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to prevent the risk of self-diagnosed mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression, leading to a rise in sickness benefit...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Clean Energy: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government why the Clean Energy Partnership Memorandum of Understanding, agreed with the government of China in March 2025, has not been published.

    • Warm Homes Plan: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned independent audits and data tracking on Chinese imports of all products, services and components required for the roll-out of the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimates they have made of the level of Government support to the rail sector per passenger journey in (1) 2024–25, (2) 2025–26, (3)...

    • West Coast Main Line: Compensation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average monthly payout for delays by Avanti West Coast on the West Coast Main Line in 2025.

      Taxis: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of plans to introduce fully autonomous taxi services in London by late 2026; and how regulatory, safety and workforce issues...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Omagh: Monuments

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to manage the memorial tablet to the fallen soldiers of the 2nd battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attached to the wall in St Lucia Barracks in...

    • Ministry of Defence: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants are employed through skilled worker visas in the Ministry of Defence.

      Aviation: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to facilitate training of pilots from commercial to military pilots.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Iron and Steel

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the timeline for the publication of the steel strategy.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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